Coronation Street legend Bruce Jones found him caught up in a murder linked to the Yorkshire Ripper after finding a dead body while working on an allotment in the late 1970s.
The despicable crimes of notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe and those he was never charged with, return to the prime time spotlight on Wednesday, thanks to new ITV documentary Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders.
The first show of its kind, the new documentary links more than 20 unsolved murders and attempted murders to Sutcliffe, who was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980 in 1981, by looking at key evidence and trying to unearth just why he was never a suspect for them, despite his convictions.